It's very healthy to turn on our mindful awareness.

It sort of dials down stress response.

It allows us to see what the stress response actually consists of,

the sensations in the body, the racing in the mind,

and physical tensions there may be in certain musculature, and just be aware of that without

reacting to it.

And as the nervous system dials down, if that happens on a

regular basis, that's terrific and I think the more well-regulated human

nervous systems that are all walking around on the planet the better because you know we

had this really dangerous wiring as well they can flash into aggression and

ill-will hate and violence very easily and to be learning how to downregulate from that I think is a critical thing.

So many folks were taught from a very young age about this concept of original sin, the idea

that we enter this world inherently flawed or wrongly constituted in some way.

But what if the opposite was actually true?

What if our most fundamental nature is one of lovingness, of wholeness, and undeniable belonging?

Even if we don't feel that about ourselves or the world around us, and what if we could access that deep sense of belonging and connection to everything around us, pretty much on demand?

What if we could feel a profound sense of unity,

like your loved and at peace,

or what my guest today calls original love?

This is the radical proposition put forth by Henry Shukman in his new book, Original Love,

The Four Inns on the Path of Awakening.

So Henry is the founder of the original love meditation program,

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